Our survival based implicit/procedural memories, by definition incomplete nervous system responses. I’m a bit confused by how we use the terms implicit memory and procedural memory. Put another way, if we’re talking about an implicit survival based, not reflexive memory or a procedural memory, are we automatically talking about an incomplete nervous system response?oddjar2024-08-29T17:00:14-07:00
I’m having trouble feeling my organs within my own body. They are just a mental concept to me. Through this work, I’m starting to feel the container of my body, but the inside still mostly feels like a vague void. Interestingly, looking at photos of a dissected body signals my brain to body to feel more real and like a hefty bag of meat than it is. Is this A, common, B, cause for concern, C, something that will naturally resolve through this program? Do you have specific guidance regarding the organs?oddjar2024-08-29T17:00:14-07:00
Hi, Seth. I’ve noticed that eating food can sometimes stimulate a need to express or move. What is the nervous system explanation for this? Do you have any suggestions for managing my own needs to move, et cetera when eating in public where it isn’t necessarily appropriate to roll around on the floor or start retching, et cetera?oddjar2024-08-29T17:00:14-07:00
My partner has three kids and we have one together. I feel anger and resentment towards his situation and was trying for years to cope with feeling wrong for not wanting his kids. I have early developmental trauma, been working on this for years, but being in the situation with his kids causes survival stress. This plays a part in my condition of chronic fatigue syndrome. My body signals to run away, but I can’t. So I froze. It screams no, but the love to my partner and the idea of what’s right makes me override my impulse. Any suggestions?oddjar2024-08-29T17:00:14-07:00
My partner has developmental trauma and some real shock trauma, including being shot in the head 16 years ago. He lost an eye and brain tissue, including frontal lobe, but is a walking miracle and still speaks two languages fluently. Have you all had experience with this work helping someone like him better regulate his emotions and PTSD responses?oddjar2024-08-29T17:00:14-07:00
So, many questions to do with different things around shame and disgust. A couple things that were in common with these questions were people talking about experiencing tension in the gut related to shame or humiliation. One who even had gastritis following an incident where they felt really humiliated.oddjar2024-08-29T16:54:48-07:00
So one of the questions was wanting to clarify something Irene had said where they probably watched the video where she’s talking about the link between shame and disgust, and how we use disgust to process shame. But this is a very common misunderstanding. And the question they asked, “You mentioned that when we feel shame, we make the link with feeling disgusted about ourselves.”oddjar2024-08-29T16:54:48-07:00
One thing that can happen with anger and aggression is that we start tapping into our authenticity and then we start setting boundaries. How does that look?oddjar2024-08-29T16:54:48-07:00